At a meeting of the Cork County Board tonight, delegates voted to appoint Under-21 boss John Considine and his selection team as the Cork senior hurling interim management.

CLOYNE GAA club has refuted media reports suggesting the club is split as a result of the ongoing impasse in Cork hurling. The club executive issued a statement yesterday evening which also stressed that the motion it put before the Cork county board was not intended to be critical of the board or its executive.

Following a lengthy press conference in Douglas last night, the 2008 Cork senior hurling panel have urged supporters to back the Rebels through their clubs in a bid to end the current impasse between the players and the Cork County Board.

KERRY footballer Aidan O’Mahony’s protracted wait for a verdict on a positive test for salbutamol continues, despite another appearance before the GAA’s anti-doping committee on Wednesday night.